Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2013 - The 30 activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise being held by Russia hail from 18 different countries with diverse backgrounds and ages.
London (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 - Greenpeace blocked an oil drilling ship in the North Sea with swimmers and speedboats a day after a court ordered protesters to unchain themselves from the vessel, the group said Monday.
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 - Activists on Wednesday occupied two conveyor belts used to transfer bitumen from an open pit mine to a processing plant, demanding the closure of Canada's vast oil sands.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 13, 2020 - Environmental campaigners Greenpeace said Sunday they had lifted a blockade of an oil refinery imposed to protest plans to expand it, after nearly three days of the action.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 - Activists from environmental group Greenpeace blocked a shipment of Russian gas from unloading at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Sweden on Thursday, the terminal owner and Greenpeace said.
Helsinki (AFP) Sept 17, 2022 - Activists from environmental group Greenpeace on Saturday blocked a shipment of Russian gas from unloading at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northern Finland, the terminal owner and Greenpeace said.
Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 - Poisonous pesticides, soil pollution and water waste: high-street fashion has a lot to answer for in the environmental game. But can big brands use their global clout to drive the green revolution?
Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 - Climate activists protested in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Friday ahead of a climate summit in the city next month.
Paris (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 - Hundreds of environmental groups called Wednesday for the issue of loss and damage finance to be on the formal agenda of the forthcoming COP27 UN climate summit in Egypt.
Athens (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 - Greece's merchant marine minister defended on Thursday the government's response to an oil spill that has spread across beaches near Athens following criticism from environmentalists and calls for his resignation.
Wellington (AFP) Sept 6, 2012 - The Greek owners of the ship at the centre of New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster agreed Tuesday to pay up to NZ$38 million ($31 million) towards the cost of the clean-up.
Athens (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - Greece's defence minister on Wednesday dismissed reports that his country would spend 10 billion euros on an arms overhaul announced at the weekend.
Athens (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 - Greece has notified the EU, NATO and UN of Turkey's unprovoked threats against its sovereignty, according to letters published Wednesday.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - NATO said Thursday that Greece and Turkey had agreed to talks to ease their dispute over eastern Mediterranean borders and energy rights, but Athens swiftly denied any deal on negotiations.
Athens (AFP) Sept 12, 2020 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday announced a robust arms purchase programme and an overhaul of the country's military amid rising tension with Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 - The German government vowed to push through new measures to revive the country's ailing wind energy sector after hosting a crisis summit in Berlin on Thursday.
